Standing Committees

All standing committee chairs serve as ex-officio members of the Board of Directors.

Church Media

Chair

Angie McGregor, Abba's House Media

Angie McGregor

Angie McGregor is the Executive Director of Communications at Abba's House Media in Chattanooga, TN. Under her leadership Ron Phillips Ministries has grown to have a global impact through television, radio, publications and social media. In addition to her behind the scenes leadership, Angie is Co-host of the television program Ron Phillips from Abba’s House Media. An accomplished singer/songwriter, ordained minister, conference speaker and new blogger, Angie hosts the community affairs Television program, Joy in Our Town for TBN affiliate, WELF. A Graduate of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, she began her career at ABC affiliate, WTVC. Angie and her husband, Terry, have three children.

Film

Chair

Ted Baehr, Movieguide

Ted Baehr

Ted Baehr is the Founder and Chairman of The Christian Film & Television Commission™ and Publisher of MOVIEGUIDE®, aka www.movieguide.org, a family guide to entertainment. An award-winning media authority often on television, radio and print, his purpose is to be used by God to redeem the mass media and to encourage families to use wisdom in selecting their entertainment. His books include How To Succeed In Hollywood (Without Losing Your Soul), The Media-Wise Family, Narnia Beckons, Faith In God & Generals, The Amazing Grace Of Freedom, and The Culture-Wise Family, among many others.

Intercollegiate

Chair

Shur Gopal, North Greenville University

Shur Gopal

Shur Gopal has been teaching media technologies, film and video production at North Greenville University in Tigerville, South Carolina for over 15 years where he developed the video and film program of the Mass Communication department (almost from the ground up.) Shur brings with him over three decades of in-the-field media experience. As a Principal Consultant, Shur has launched five satellite television stations, from concept to launch – four in India and one in Malaysia. He has been a Fulbright Fellow in Communication Technology during 1988-89. He is the Director of the South Carolina chapter of the Hollywood Prayer Network in Greenville, SC. Shur is a strong believer of networking and building contacts.

International

Chair

Stan Jeter, CBN News

Stan Jeter

Stan Jeter, Senior Producer, founded Christian World News, a weekly TV newscast, in 1994. In 2006, he launched a Spanish version, Mundo Cristiano, airing throughout the Spanish-speaking world. During his two decades at CBN News, he has encouraged the creation of other Christian news programs around the globe. As a member of NRB's Television Committee, Stan helped launch the Global News Alliance to encourage the flow of Christian news stories. And most recently, he and like-minded communicators created ComunicadoresUSA, an association for Hispanic Christian broadcasters with an annual convention in Miami.

Digital Media

Chair

Carl Bliss, Northwestern Media

Carl Bliss

Carl Bliss serves as Manager of Interactive Media for Northwestern Media. Carl has worked with Northwestern since 1998, and has helped guide the radio network through digital media growth. Carl and his wife, Katie, are raising three girls near Stillwater, MN. Carl and his family are actively involved at Hope Church in Oakdale, MN, where he has served on the Elder board, and leads a highly energetic group of K-5th graders on Wednesday nights. Carl is currently pursuing a Master of Organizational Leadership degree at the University of Northwestern - St. Paul, MN.

Music Licensing

Chair

Ed Atsinger, Salem Media Group

Ed Atsinger

Edward G. Atsinger III has served as the CEO of Salem Media Group since founding the company in the early 1970s with brother-in-law, Stuart Epperson. They successfully created a strategic, commercial model for Christian broadcasting that brought Christian radio to the country’s top 25 markets. As of 2009, Salem operated in 22 of those top 25 markets—with access to over 100,000,000 potential listeners. As Chairman of the NRB Music Licensing Committee, he has successfully waged a number of legal and legislative battles with the performance rights organizations (ASCAP, BMI, etc.), protecting a viable model for Christian music on terrestrial radio. He is a member of the NRB Board of Directors.

Executive Director

Radio

Chair

Michael Shelley, NewLife FM

Michael Shelley

Michael Shelley has been in Christian radio for nearly 30 years. He currently serves as Executive Assistant to the President, NewLife FM and Life Radio Ministries, Inc. He is a long time member of National Religious Broadcasters and currently serves as a member of the board of directors. He has served on the NRB Radio Committee and as First Vice Chairman of the NRB Southeast Chapter. He has served as station manager for WJYO-FM in Ft. Myers, FL., Director of Media Services for Dr. Charles Stanley’s In Touch Ministries in Atlanta, and as Assistant Station Manager at WRAF, Toccoa Falls, GA. He recently earned fellows positions with The Colson Center for Christian Worldview and The C.S. Lewis Institute in Atlanta, GA.

Television

Chair

Greg Bogdan, Total Living International

Greg Bogdan

Greg Bogdan is Chief Operating Officer of Total Living International (TLI), a Christian media communications group with several divisions including Total Living Network and Four:2 Media. Greg has been in Christian media for over 15 years and has a passion to impact society with the message of the gospel. Prior to his position with TLI, Greg was Founder and President of Christian Alliance Media Group, Inc., a Christian station representation agency. As part of his passion to reach the lost, Greg also has invested considerable time in West Africa preaching in prisons and providing pastoral training.

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